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Gus Aragon
Pima
County
Gus has been a participant in the
Volunteer Lawyers
Program in Pima County since 1985, where
he provides
legal advice and representation in the area of
tort defense.
Over the last seventeen years, Gus has
represented fifty
low-income clients and dedicated more than two
hundred
hours to their cases. Gus has also been a long time
member of the Volunteer
Lawyers Program Advisory Board.
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William Bacon
Pima
County
Bill has been active in the Volunteer Lawyers Program in
Pima County
since 1987. He assists low-income clients
in the Advice Only Clinic where he offers information and
brief service with consumer, debt collection, bankruptcy,
real property and employment issues. Bill
also accepts
cases for direct representation. “I would encourage other members of
the bar
to participate in the VLP,” said Bill. “Even a few hours of time
can have a
significant impact on the lives of individuals confronted with legal problems.”
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Sharan Bennett
Graham
County
Sharan Bennett has played
many different roles in her lifetime; as a teacher,
missionary,
attorney, mother, and grandmother, she has traveled the world
extensively and now uses her talents in Safford, Arizona. Recently
retired from
her family law practice, Bennett has devoted countless
hours to helping clients in
need. As the first volunteer attorney
to organize domestic relations clinics in
Graham and Greenlee
Counties, Bennett brings her valuable and fascinating
background as
a world traveling teacher-turned-attorney to each clinic.
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Rob Charles
Pima
County
Since 1991 Rob Charles has been
providing pro bono
legal services through the Volunteer Lawyers
Program
in Pima County. IN that time he has assisted
one
hundred and twenty-six clients with consumer
bankruptcy issues. Robparticipates in the Chapter
7
Bankruptcy Pro Se Clinic and also accepts Chapter
13 bankruptcy
case for direct representation.
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Cheryl Copperstone
Pima
County
Cheryl joined the Volunteer Lawyers
Program in Pima County in 1996. During
the last six years Cheryl has provided
pro bono legal assistance to more than
one hundred clients. Cheryl
participates in the Domestic Relations pro per
clinics and the Chapter 7
Reaffirmation Clinic. She also accepts cases for direct
representation.
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Gregory L. Droeger
Santa Cruz County
Having served as a
volunteer attorney for many years, Greg Droeger represents
pro bono
clients on a variety of cases, including real property and probate
cases. Droeger is a thoughtful, caring attorney who uses his
propensity for the
law to serve those who are less fortunate in
society.
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Chris Enos
Pima
County
Chris has been a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Program in Pima
County
since 1995. Over the last seven
years he has assisted one hundred and sixty-
three clients with debt
collection, tort defense and consumer matters. Chris is
a frequent participant in the
Advice Only Clinic and also accepts cases for direct
representation.
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Robert Fleming
Pima
County
Robert has been a member of the VLP in Pima County for seventeen
years,
preparing wills for clients and
representing others in probate, guardianship,
exploitation and real property
matters.
“I participate in the VLP because I
must. Too many people can’t afford lawyers,
or believe that they can’t,” said
Fleming. “There are also benefits to the lawyers
who participate. In fact, in my
personal experience, the principal benefit to
clients has usually been peace of
mind; it is very rewarding to participate in a
program supplying that product.”
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Scott Gan
Pima
County
Scott has assisted clients of the VLP
in Pima County
since 1986 providing assistance in the area
of consumer
bankruptcy. Scott has also
participated in the
Reaffirmation Clinic and has helped to train law
students
to appear at reaffirmation hearings in Bankruptcy
Court.
“Accepting clients from VLP is perhaps the best way
an
attorney can show his or her devotion to the
practice
of law, and to the principles of ordered justice.”
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Scott Gibson
Pima
County
Scott has been assisting VLP clients with bankruptcy issues in Pima
County
since 1988, during which he has
represented clients in consumer bankruptcy
cases, assisted with volunteer
recruitment and helped the VLP obtain funding.
“I am not sure how long I have
participated in the program or how many cases I
have handled. The time and numbers
are unimportant. The gratification comes
from the sincere appreciation I
received from the clients that I have had the
opportunity to help,” said Scott.
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Gloria Goldman
Pima
County
Gloria has been a member of the Volunteers Lawyers Program in Pima
County
since 1991 where she has provided
services to battered women and juveniles in
need of assistance with immigration
matters. She has dedicated an average of
thirty hours to each pro bono case
referred to her.
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James Jutry
Pima
County
Jim has been a member of the
Volunteers Lawyers Program in Pima County for
two years. He provides services to
clients through the Arizona Community Legal
Assistance Program (ACLA), a VLP
sponsored program. Through ACLA Jim
helps community based nonprofit groups
with tax, corporate, partnership and
general business matters. Jim has
also been instrumental in the training of
new volunteer lawyers.
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Nancy O’Neill
Pima
County
One hundred and eighty-seven clients
have received pro bono legal assistance
from Nancy through her work with the
Volunteer Lawyers Program in Pima
County. A member since 1993, Nancy
helps low income clients with domestic
relations issues. Nancy participates
in the Domestic Relations pro per clinics.
She also accepts some of the program’s
most complicated cases for direct
representation.
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Juan Perez-Medrano
Pima
County
Juan has participated in the Volunteer
Lawyers Program in Pima County since
1985. He assists low-income clients
with domestic c relations, bankruptcy and
wills. More than two hundred low
income clients have received pro bono legal
assistance from Juan. He has also
committed countless hours to the Volunteer
Lawyers Program Advisory Board.
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Dean Sipe
Pima
County
Dean has been a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Program in Pima
County
since 1984. In that time he has
assisted more than two hundred clients with
bankruptcy matters. Dean participates
in the Chapter 7 pro per clinic and the
Reaffirmation Clinic in Bankruptcy
Court. Dean also accepts more complicated
Chapter 7 cases for direct
representation.
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Russell Stowers
Pima
County
Russ has been a member of the
Volunteer Lawyers
Program in Pima County since 1996. In that
time he
has assisted low-income clients with landlord/tenant
and real property matters. Russ also assists the staff
of the Volunteer Lawyers Program in placing pro bono
cases within his law firm.
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Ruben Terán
Cochise County
By anyone’s account,
Ruben Terán is a first-rate attorney; he is an even better
volunteer. Terán likes to joke that clients often bring him milk
and home grown
produce as gestures of gratitude for his services,
yet we all know their gratitude
extends well beyond their gifts. Terán has donated much of his time to assist
elderly, Spanish
speaking clients with writing their wills, and also represents
clients with real estate matters.
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Steven Weinstein
Pima
County
Steve has been assisting clients of
the Volunteer Lawyers Program in Pima
County since 1991. He represents
clients in domestic relations matters and is
a frequent participant in the domestic
relations pro per clinics where he provides
information and advice to clients.
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Catherine Woods
Pima
County
Cathy has been a member of the VLP in
Pima County
since 1989. During that time she assisted
clients with
landlord/tenant, tort defense and domestic
relations
matters.
“I believe that all members of our
community are entitled
to have access to the courts and the
legal system,” said Cathy. “In what must
seem
like a very intimidating and confusing system to non-lawyers, I find it
personally rewarding to offer my services to people in need
who otherwise are
not able
to afford to pay lawyers to represent them."
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